GRE Word List
PERT
saucily free and forward : flippantly cocky and assured
The meaning of the word pert is saucily free and forward : flippantly cocky and assured.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| amicable | characterized by friendly goodwill : peaceable |
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| reciprocate | to give and take mutually |
| desiccate | to dry up |
| halting | marked by a lack of sureness or effectiveness |
| carafe | a bottle with a flaring lip used to hold beverages and especially wine |
| panache | an ornamental tuft (as of feathers) especially on a helmet |
| hazy | made dim or cloudy by or as if by fine dust, smoke, or light vapor in the air : obscured by or as if by haze (see haze |
| ordeal | a primitive means used to determine guilt or innocence by submitting the accused to dangerous or painful tests believed to be under supernatural control |
| devoid | being without a usual, typical, or expected attribute or accompaniment |